Those who observe colors do not observe shapes, and those who observe shapes do not observe quality - some people are men who live by watching colors. Such men can be called wise men.

Afterwards, A Baoji no longer took advantage of his brothers who were trying to fight to the death, but led his troops south and secretly summoned Yilijin from various troops to the army for a meeting. In a place called Shiqilu, A Baoji met with Yilijin from various troops who came to the meeting.

A Baoji told them that this year is another re-elected year. It was not possible to hold it because of his busy military affairs. This time it must be held. After all, this is a tradition left by our ancestors and we must respect it.

Yilijin of all tribes are also smart people. They have long known the conflict between Abaoji and his younger brothers, and they are in a difficult situation with Abaoji for the position of Khan. Looking at this so-called re-election conference, none of Abaoji's four younger brothers arrived, and Yu Yue Yelu and Tiyin Yelu Huage were not seen. Even Yilijin Yelu Lage of Diela tribe did not show up. There is no doubt that Abaoji was going through the motions and could make a legitimate re-election according to tradition.

Looking around the tent, Abaoji's army surrounded the surroundings and was on high alert. Several Yilijin knew that Abaoji did not give them any chance to refuse. So Yilijin of each tribe voted for Abaoji's support vote and happily held the "Chaicao Ce" to congratulate Abaoji on his re-election as Khitan Khan.

According to Khitan custom, as long as the "Chai Book Ceremony" is held, no matter whether the person was elected by everyone, he is a legal khan. In this way, the younger brothers have nothing to say.

A Baoji was deeply pleased with his wit and immediately sent someone to notify his younger brothers who were still waiting for him to return in the north. When the younger brothers saw that the overall situation was settled, they were stunned and quickly sent someone to apologize to A Baoji. A Baoji was shocked and got a "happy" ending. He was in a very good mood and no longer pursued his younger brothers' rebellion, but only let them repent and reform.

But in order to prevent such a thing from happening again, Abaoji appointed Yelu Helu to be in charge of military and national affairs, and served as Yilijin, a member of the Diela tribe, depriving the old Yelu nobles of control over the Diela tribe.

However, the temptation of the Khan throne was too powerful. When Abaoji's younger brothers realized that the traditional constraints had no meaning to Abaoji, they finally couldn't help but feel sad and angry in their hearts and decided to fight Abaoji to the death.

Less than half a year after the Khan's re-election conference was held, Abaoji's mother, Empress Dowager Xuan Jian, Xiao, sister Yu Lu Jigu, adopted son Nie Li, Khitan witch Shensugu and others, together with Abaoji's younger brothers, launched a rebellion.

At the beginning, these people first discussed supporting Lage as the new Khan and prepared a "drum". Then, Diela and Anrui pretended to go to see Abaoji according to their prior plan, trying to wait for an opportunity to hijack Abaoji to attend the Khan re-election meeting they had prepared.

Tragically, this conspiracy was discovered by A Baoji. A Baoji used the trick, relied on his own army to defeat Diela and Anrui, and recruited a thousand of their cavalry, and then led his troops to encircle and suppress Lage.

But Lage is not a good person. He had already made preparations. As soon as he got the news, Abaoji was coming to him, he immediately sent an army to attack Abaoji's palace.

At that time, Abaoji went out to pursue Lage, leaving only his wife Shuluping and some of her personal soldiers to guard the tent. Shuluping's personal soldiers were defeated, and Lage's army successfully burned down the baggage and tents, and seized the "drums" that symbolized the power of the Khan and the divine tent of their ancestors.

Shuluping knew that once the "drum" and divine tent were lost, Abaoji's Khan position would be in danger. Faced with an enemy that was several times higher than his, Shuluping gritted his teeth and personally led his troops to fight to the death. Soon, Abaoji, who received the news, sent reinforcements. Shuluping was overjoyed and immediately sent people to chase the enemy, successfully recaptured the "drum" but let the rebels escape.

On the other hand, Abaoji, who went north to pursue Lage, did not fight head-on. Instead, based on the terrain, he first sent people to ambush the front and block the front and attacked the front and back. As a result, Lage was defeated and threw the divine tent that he had finally seized to the side of the road, and fled in a hurry with his remaining subordinates.

However, A Baoji did not continue to chase after him, but led his troops to station in Tuhe River, allowing his subordinates to rest. Every day, A Baoji leisurely walked by the Tuhe River, looking at the blue sky and white clouds for nothing, gathering with his subordinates, and living a leisurely life. He was not in a hurry. He knew that Lage's subordinates would soon miss their hometown, and then the morale of the other party would plummet, and the soldiers had no intention of fighting. Even if he did not send troops, he was sure to win.

As Abaoji expected, Lage's subordinates soon became depressed and their will was depressed. Abaoji took the opportunity to attack, but he won a complete victory without any suspense and captured Lage.

Afterwards, Abaoji reappointed officials such as Yilijin and Tiyin from the Diela tribe, and punished those involved in the rebellion.

After these three rebellions, A Baoji basically eliminated the opposition forces within the family, which also cleared the obstacles for his future founding of the country and becoming emperor.

(The so-called "Chai Book Ceremony" means that the emperor is accumulating firewood as an altar. The emperor is given a jade book by his ministers, and then burns firewood to worship the sky. This is a traditional etiquette of the Khitan tribe. As long as the "Chai Book Ceremony" is held, no matter who it is, no matter whether the person is recommended by everyone, they are considered a legal khan.)

In fact, there are far more than the brothers of Yelu Abaoji, as well as the other seven tribes of the Khitan. However, in the years since the Diela tribe became the leader of the alliance, the Diela tribe has developed rapidly, with its economic and military strength far ahead, far from the other seven tribes being the same. Therefore, the other seven tribes had to remain calm and force themselves to endure their desire for the Khan's position.

When he learned that Abaoji's younger brothers were also eyeing the Khan throne, the other seven minions were secretly happy and decided not to take the lead. As expected, not long after, a civil war broke out between the Diela tribe, and the Khan throne between Abaoji and his younger brothers changed from secret struggle to open struggle. The other seven minions immediately had a leisurely rest, watching the fire from the other banks, and preparing to wait for both of them to suffer losses to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

In this civil war, the Diela tribe suffered heavy losses, suffered great damage to its vitality, and suffered great economic and military damage. It turned out that there were tens of thousands of horses in the tribe, but now the people even have to walk out.

All this could not be hidden from the eyes of the other seven tribes. When they saw that the strength of the Diela tribe had suddenly retreated for decades, they immediately realized that their opportunity had come.

At this time, a rebellion broke out in the Wugu tribe, and A Baoji was personally leading troops to conquer. The other seven ministries knew that this was an excellent opportunity to oust A Baoji, so they immediately contacted each other secretly and conspired to get rid of A Baoji.

When Abaoji quelled the rebellion and returned to the court happily, he met the other seven troops who came to "force the palace" on the way. Of course, he would not think that these people were lined up to welcome him. Judging from their posture, he immediately realized that these people wanted to take advantage of his exhaustion and lack of support to threaten him to restore the old Khan's electoral system and give up the Khan's position.

With the army in front of him, A Baoji looked back at the soldiers and horses behind him who had been exhausted. He knew deeply that this time, he could no longer rely solely on force to solve the problem like he did with his brother's rebellion, and he could only lead to wisdom. But how to lead wisdom?

Since these people dare to set up military service and use their troops to block the road and force them to submit, they must have been fully prepared. Once they are disagreeable, or if they refuse their requests, they will inevitably face each other.

And they are different from their younger brothers. No matter how their younger brother makes trouble, it is all the family affairs of his Diela tribe. But the Qi tribe Yilijin is different. Once the two sides tear each other apart and disband in a bad mood, it may not only lead to civil strife in the Khitan, but may even cause the Khitan that has finally grown and grown and completely collapsed.

After thinking about it, Abaoji found that the only feasible way at present was to make concessions, but how could he be willing to give up the position of Khan? So, Abaoji said to Qibu Yilijin: "I have thought about it, and I decided to resign from the position of Khan. However, I served as Khan for nine years and captured many Han people. I want to lead them to the ancient Seoul of Tanshan, start a new job and manage one side. I don't know if this is OK?"

The Qidu Yilijin was stunned for a moment. Look at me, I look at you, I don’t know what to do for a while. They imagined hundreds or thousands of possibilities, and even thought that the negotiations failed and the two sides were forced to fight each other. Of course, the Qidu army won the victory. Yelu Abaoji was beheaded and the Qidus successfully drove the Diela troops out of power. From then on, the Khan took turns to do it. However, he didn’t expect that Abaoji would resign so happily.

It was naturally the best result that A Baoji abdicated and gave way to the wise without taking a single shot. The Qi Du Yi Li Jin was so happy that he would not feel too much about A Baoji's request. After all, they were worried that A Baoji would return to the original headquarters and lead his troops back. Now he took the initiative to ask for a new job, which was really a joy.

So, Abaoji brought the Han people captured or surrendered from the Diela tribe and the Khitan tribe to the ancient Seoul city of Tanshan in the Luanhe River area.

Tanshan Ancient Seoul was originally the territory of Xi in the west. Later, Abaoji conquered Xi in the west, and this place belonged to the Khitan. After several years of development, Tanshan Ancient Seoul has become a commercial city of a certain scale.

After Abaoji led his troops to come, he adopted the suggestions of Han advisers to further build city houses and vigorously encourage farming. In addition, the local area produces salt and iron, and the economy quickly developed. After a period of time, the Diela tribe's economy, military strength and population have firmly ranked first among the eight Khitan tribes.

Looking at the thriving new tribe, A Baoji felt that the time was ripe and it was time to return to the base camp and let the seven tribes that forced him to abdicate and let the wise choose themselves as Khan again. You must know that he had endured this breath for too long. If he didn't vent his skills, he would sooner or later have to suffer internal injuries.

However, A Baoji's wife Shu Luping did not think so. She felt that it would be a three-year period for the re-becoming Khan, and she would have to be re-elected in three years. Even if A Baoji was still able to be re-elected, the position of Khan had to be challenged every three years, and the opponents would not give up. The previous rebellion of brothers and the seven tribes forced to palace still could still happen. To fundamentally solve this problem, there is only one way - to eliminate the roots and eliminate future troubles forever.

As if he was enlightened, Abaoji suddenly realized his understanding, so he immediately began to kill all the tribes Yi Lijin and decided to use his troops to unify the Khitan.

But how can we kill Qibu Yilijin without knowing it? This is indeed a difficult problem.

After discussing with his wife Shuluping, Abaoji decided to use salt, a specialty of Tanshan Ancient Seoul.

The Khitan people have always been nomadic, and the salt needed for life cannot be self-sufficient. The ancient Seoul of Tanshan has a salt pond, which produces a lot of salt. The salt needed by the seven tribes of the Khitan came from here. So, Abaoji said to Qibu Yilijin: "We have a salt pond here to produce salt, and the salt needed by each tribe is provided by us. But everyone only knows that it is very convenient to eat salt, but they don't know that there is a master in the salt pond. How can this be done? You should all come and reward me!"

When Qibu Yilijin heard this, he thought it made sense. Without thinking too much, he decided to make a day and came to Diela with livestock and fine wine. Abaoji personally greeted them and held a grand banquet to entertain them. Qibu Yilijin was so grateful that they raised their glasses and pushed them, ate meat in big mouthfuls, and drank wine in big bowls, and had a lot of fun.

Just when the atmosphere of the banquet was the warmest and Qibu Yilijin was drunk, a whistle sounded, and the soldiers of Diela who were ambushing around rushed up and killed all Qibu Yilijin. This Khitan version of the Hongmen Banquet is the famous "Salt Pool Incident" in Khitan history.

Afterwards, Abaoji successfully unified the eight tribes of the Khitan, and officially proclaimed himself emperor in 916 AD, founded the country, named Khitan, Jianyuan Shenquan, proclaimed himself "Emperor of the Great Sage, Daming," and conferred his wife Shuluping as "Empress Yingtian, Daming," and made his eldest son Yelu Bei the crown prince. He completely abolished the tribal elective system and began to implement the hereditary system of the throne.

In order not to have similar military coups in the future, Abaoji improved the guard system and established the "Oludo" system, that is, the palace guard system, and cultivated special imperial guards to follow him anytime and anywhere.

At the same time, Abaoji valued Han intellectuals, established various systems, improved the legal system, and formulated the first Khitan code, the "Prison Law", so that the Khitan Empire had laws to follow from then on. He also implemented the management method of "governing according to customs", governing all ethnic groups in the ruling region, implementing the central and north-south official system, the north-south official system managed the Khitan headquarters with the Khitan system, and the south-south official system managed the Han people with the Han system.

In addition, Abaoji asked Yelu Tulu and others to absorb the characteristics of Chinese characters with the help of Han intellectuals and created Khitan characters, called "Khitan Big Characters".

From this period, the Khitan was no longer a nomadic people migrating everywhere, but gradually became a country with countless cities and villages, officially embarking on the road to empire!
Chapter completed!